​Sorry that I couldn't write a whole lot for this week. But this is part of my reflection :)

I would say that one of the coolest things I have seen on my mission would be seeing the change that can happen in someone’s life when they accept the Gospel of Jesus Christ. In the flourished land of Sha Lu I had the opportunity to teach a mother who had a lot of stress and problems in her life. The first night we met her we taught her about our loving Heavenly Father and prayer. Two days later we met again and she could see the benefits of believing in God and communicating with Him daily. That lesson she bore her testimony on the power of prayer to her husband. After teaching her the Gospel for about two months my companion and I realized that the atmosphere in her home changed very dramatically. Her home was filled with love and hope. Though her husband opposes her becoming a member she still uses the Gospel of Jesus Christ as a way of life. She feels God's love and is helping her daughter know where she can go to for help and comfort.

I have learned that this is the Lord's work, not mine, not my companion’s or even the Mission President's. I started teaching a young couple who had been looking for a church to go to for seven years. Just a few years ago they went to America and stayed at a LDS family's home for a couple of months. That family invited them to church and to walk the grounds of the temple. When they came back to Taiwan they forgot about the church that they attended in the United States. They would travel home from work on the train. Everyday they would look out of the window and see "No Success can Compensate for Failure in the Home" banner outside of the window. It is very miraculous. Sometimes they would be sleeping and at the same time they would just wake up and look out the window and see the banner. The words touched their hearts but they did not know where it came from. Then one day they were at a 7-11 and a missionary approached them. They exchanged information. Since that day they never saw the family banner again. My companion and I started meeting with them and the Gospel just made sense to them. After reading the Book of Mormon, pondering, praying and receiving a confirmation from the Holy Ghost they were converted. They are so excited to endure to the end and let their children grow up in a Gospel centered home. Through teaching them I really learned that God prepares His people to receive Him. My companion and I did nothing to convert them to the Gospel. It was all God's timing, the Holy Ghost and their open hearts.

The Gospel of Jesus Christ has changed my life. It has changed the way I view myself, God, and the world around me. I have found faith in Jesus Christ through consistent prayer and study. I have learned for myself that the Atonement is real and that we can repent to receive a forgiveness of sins. I know that Jesus is the Christ and our Savior. I have been able to see the blessings that I have received when I got baptized and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. I have been guided, directed, been taught and comforted by the Holy Ghost. I know that it is possible to endure to the end. I know that with the help of a loving Heavenly Father; His son, Jesus Christ; and messenger, the Holy Ghost, I can return to my Heavenly Home.

Hello Dear Family and Friends! What a wonderful world to be in! This week ended really fast.

Some big news: Elder Booth (MTC Australian) is the new AP. Elder Fleming (MTC 14 piece pizza eater) is our new Zone Leader. Sister Daknis passed off Lesson two in Chinese! What did we do to celebrate? Eat Xue Hua Bing. #duh

Zheng Momo is doing great. She reads the Book of Mormon daily. Wants to be baptized on June 25th. We pray that she can make it. Because of work it is really hard for her to come to church.

Yang Kai Wen is also doing well. We recently taught her the importance of daily prayer, scripture reading and coming to church. After the lesson, she texted us and asked if we could meet with her friend. Of Course!

Kismet is having a really hard time. Her mom is sending her up to Taipei to "mature". She is having a hard time feeling mother's love.

Yan Xiu Zhen is awesome. She reads and understands the Book of Mormon stories. We’re still helping her understand Jesus Christ and his Atonement. She is so open minded and willing to do what we invite her to do.

We met with a part member family on Saturday with the elders. It was really good. The dad is a very active member. Wife and the daughters are not members. We got to know them and shared a short message. They are down for having us come over weekly! We will make food with them and then share a message. Deal.

We got fanged a lot this week. In Chinese they say, "They dropped our pigeons" meaning "stood us up." A lot of people agree to meet with us. We set up a time and place and then...they disappear. Free Agency...I am working hard at being patient.

Sister Daknis and I went on a great adventure on Monday. Ok, we planned to go to the lake, but like everything else here in Taiwan, it was closed. Why is everything fun closed on fun day? I don't get it. Oh and did I mention that a member gave me a selfie stick...I’ve been having a lot of fun with that. So we found a little park/swamp like thing outside of the lake park. So we took pictures. We also tried this yummy Japanese drink shop. They have flavored Boba. I can't read the flavors but they are really good with MILK. (People think we are crazy when we go to a teashop and ask for just plain milk).

I am the new English Leader and the first training meeting was on Wednesday. Successful. We started some new things. A proselyting table and counting how many people we at least tried to add a time to meet with them. We normally report on how many people we actually get to say yes to meet with the missionaries. But to help this number increase we have started keeping everyone accountable with how many people we talk to after English class. It works!

After dinner on Friday we biked across the street from a 7-11 and started talking to a lady who was waiting for her friend. While I was talking with her a guy came up to Sister Daknis and tried to talk to her. Sister Daknis could not understand so we kind of switched places. Girls are so much easier to understand in Chinese. Sister Daknis taught the lady about prayer and got her information. That was her first time contacting all by herself! So proud!!! The guy who came up to us has been to church before and loved it. He wants to come again! Later that night we were on our way home. There is a bread shop just outside of our house. I looked at my watch when we passed the bread shop. Still had 15 minutes and so we swung across the street to the bread shop to talk to a lady who was on her phone. She was scared by us and left. And then a family came out from the bread shop. They were one of those families that are willing to talk and talk and talk but wants nothing to do with the church. As I was explaining the English program to this family a girl came up to Sister Daknis and asked if she had any tracts (fliers) and info about the church. She wants to change her life style. Set up for the next day. I wish that we could say more about this lady...but she never showed up. Called her and she said. "Never mind." Dang it! But the random guy came to a baptism on Saturday! I love attending Baptisms. The Spirit is always so strong. This was a great opportunity to introduce him to the elders. This baptism was for a 14 year-old girl in the other ward.

Four investigators came to church on Sunday. Sharon, her situation is still the same. Biggest concern is what to do with school. Can't get baptized because her dad won't let her. Spring came. We invited her and she came up with a lot of excuses not to come, but she said that as she prayed God told her that she had to come to church today ad well as two new ladies that the elders met this past week. It was an AMAZING Sabbath Meeting. I learned A LOT! -God will answer our prayers. And it will probably be an inconvenient answer, but it will be the right answer.

We met with Spring after church. She came up to us with a WoW question, but later found that she really does not feel her true divine value. She doesn't get the attention or feel the love from her husband like she wants to so she goes to temporal pleasures and is very confused as to why she is not happy. The elders and a member gave her a priesthood blessing. We re gave her a BOM because she threw her old one out. Looks like she is staying around.

Funny quotes:

Out contacting and ran into a lady who started her own religion, "I got an email from God!!!"

A couple of days ago we went into the elevator and the elders were already in there. They saw us come in and then left to take the stairs. So I asked President if it was ok to be in the elevator with elders. "Yes you can be in the same elevator with the elders. And you can talk to them too! :)" -President

Hope ya'll have a wonderful rest of the week. Serve others and be happy :)))

Wow this transfer went by SUPER fast. I have no idea what happened haha. This week was full of fun and adventures.

The elders called us in the middle of P-day and wanted to get a group together to eat ice. Super yummy! Found a really cool place where you can put whatever you want on it and then you weigh it. Just like the frozen yogurt in the USA. BUT BETTER!

Met with Yang Kai Wen. She is still doing great. She is trying so hard to get work off on Sundays so that she can come to church and she is reading the Book of Mormon everyday. We are going to extend a baptismal invite tomorrow. Pray that she will accept.

​Kismet stopped school and had spent a lot of time with us. She loves service and always asks what she can do to help. We finally met with her mother this week. Sweet lady. There are a lot of family problems though and Kismet does not feel her mother's love. We talked about service. She told us that she had never served her family before and has no idea how to do it...PERSONAL PROGRESS! There is so much that you can do in the family. If anyone has some creative ideas let me know.

​I think a really cool miracle that we had this week was on Thursday. For Tuesday DTM, Elder Williams invited us all to take one hour on Thursday night just for finding. And make a goal that REALLY stretches us. Something that will make us bike a little faster and talk with everyone! Sister Daknis and I made the goal to make our daily goals within that hour. AND WE DID IT! We had 5 minutes left on the clock and we only had one more goal to accomplish. I prayed so hard that we could make it. And the next person I talked to I was like, "Yup, this is her," and she added for Wednesday :) sweet!

​We went to the follow up training meeting on Wednesday. Super fun. Took all day though. I got to see my MTC companion, Sister Liu. She is the best! In the meeting we went around the room and told everyone what we appreciated about our companion. Sister Daknis said that I tell her stories from my past missionary experiences. Sister Daknis makes me laugh everyday :) We have a great relationship.We had a pizza activity on Saturday morning. It was a lot of fun. Sister Huang brought a lot of her friends over. There were lots of families with their kids. And the pizza was really good :)

I ate a wedding cake for dinner...went with the fruit juice #healthy.

I counted...198 mosquito bites just on my legs...this is what happens when you have a 45 minute lesson by trees.

Sister Daknis and I probably saw some illegal dealing at a 7-11 Friday night. We were calling through some phones and we saw a young couple counting out two HUGE piles of 1000 NT. There was an older guy in a suit who collected the money from them and a HUGE dark guy by his side with his arms crossed. Please tell that does not mean trouble. It was really hard not to look at them.

Sunday was the Asia Area Broadcast. Super good. It was very good. And we got to listen to it in English. ​We went to dinner at the Bishop's house. Most of the time that we are with him or his wife they talk about what we should do when we get home from our missions. TEMPLES ARE IMPORTANT. GO EVERY TIME YOU CAN.

3 Nephi 12:46-48The Book of Mormon is another Testament of Jesus Christ. Through the Holy Ghost I know that the Book of Mormon is true. I know that Jesus is the Christ. I know that Jesus Christ came to earth to Atoned for our sins. He fulfilled the prophet’s prophecies.

I got to spend some time skyping with my family! It was definitely the highlight of the week :) I love my family so much and I am so grateful that we are eternal.

San Min is definitely hopping with miracles :)

A member called us one morning and told us that a less active wanted to meet with us that afternoon and if we had time. Of course! We were able to go to the restaurant where she worked and she brought a friend. She knows that she hasn't been to church in a long time but she really wanted to introduce her friend to the church. Her friend is named Momo. She is already Christian and just moved down here. She is looking for a church to go to.

One night we were biking up and down this road contacting before a lesson. We were cutting it kind of short on time but we decided to go to the end of the road before heading to the church. On the turnabout we ran into a girl who asked a lot of questions about where our church was and when she could come see it. We met with her the next day. She is moving to California this next week and she is super scared. There were some other things that happened in her life that is making it hard for her to leave her family. She said that she prayed to God or "whoever was up in the sky" just 30 minutes before running into us. She came looking for hope and faith. Even though she is leaving soon she wants to find the church in America. This is a great environment where she can find help and comfort in a new world.

We met with an investigator that the Zuo Ying sisters were giving us. Her name is Spring. She has a lot of doctrinal questions. The Zuo Ting sisters went with us and we got through a first lesson. She was willing to read the Book of Mormon and pray to know that it is true. She then called us the next day and wanted us to come over. Instead of asking questions she shared what she learned in the Book of Mormon. She wants to know more. And she definitely felt the spirit. She wanted to cry and asked why she felt so much love fill her heart. She accepted a baptismal date. Spring came to church yesterday. She liked it but is afraid of what her friends at her other church will think of her.

We met with our 16-year-old investigator, Kismet. She is postponing school because of the stress and is going to start working with her mom at home. She really wants to do some service and asked if she could come out do missionary work with us. This is a good opportunity to see what we do.

We also met with Yan Jie Mei. She is progressing really well. Sunday was Mother's day so she was going to be out of town. Just like pretty much everyone else in the ward haha. She has a big desire to know if what we teach is true. She loves to learn and take what she learned and apply it to her life.

We had mini celebrations for May 4th, 5th and Mother's day. LOVE YOU MOMMY!!!

​Hello Dear friends and family! How are ya'll doing? This week went rather well. I learned a lot and the work is really progressing here!

So we went to a night market to talk to people and there was a huge group of families that came from Mainland China on vacation. And for some reason all of the people that we talked to were from China. They were super hard to understand. Their accents are so different! But we are spreading the word of God even if there are no missionaries in China.

We had a great lesson with Yang Jie Mei. She is a mother and sacrificing her time to meet with us. She loves learning about the gospel. Last time we invited her to read the Book of Mormon. This time she asked, "If the gospel can help families why is the family in the beginning of the book so messed up?" She was talking about Laman and Lemuel and their rebelliousness. She really understands the story, which is awesome! It is just the applying part that we have to explain. It is really cool that we can learn a lot from the examples of the families in the Book of Mormon. :) She is accepting everything though. The only thing is that she needs to come to church.

​That is the same with Yan Jie Mei. She has not been able to come to church, but she is very willing to do our commitments. She has prayed EVERYDAY last week and she loves it. We invited her to read the Book of Mormon. Starting off great! She is very accepting but not the "oh it is true because you tell me." She wants to pray and find out for herself. It helped her out a ton when she was able to say the closing prayer in lessons.

We made a surprise visit to Sharon. We planned to just drop some candy off to her. Her parents don't like the church so we weren't sure if we wanted to run into them or not. But her mom was pulling up from work as we were walking up the door. She let us in and she gave us 3 bowls of fruit. They were super nice. Sharon said that sisters haven't come over in almost 8 months! She is an amazing investigator :) Parents still don’t want her to get baptized.

Huang Jie Mei came to English class. So our second week we met this lady in the rain. She nicely rejected our message. And then the elders met her a couple of days later and started meeting with them. She has started taking the time to come to English class! And she and her husband are wondering, "Do we want to become Christians?"

​We went on exchanges this week. The STL that came with me really likes to talk. We have permission to stay up past hours on exchanges to get to know each other and so that the leader could solve problems. Well, I just listened and she talked and talked. We didn't get to bed until really late and that no sleep totally messed up the next 3 days. Never doing that again. When I get grumpy SIster Daknis likes to buy me ice cream :) She is the best.

We had a great pancake activity! We made pancakes and had a mini spiritual share. It was a great opportunity to let non-members come into the chapel and get to know us and have a fun time. In a couple of weeks we are going to make pizza!

We have lots of potentials set up for next week that I am really excited about! Most are referrals and we all know that those who already have a friend in the church are more prepared and most likely to stay :))

During weekly planning Sister Daknis opened up a little bit more. I am starting to really get to know her and it has helped me be sensitive to her needs. We have fun together and are growing a lot together. Her Chinese is coming along. Sometimes in lessons I don't even have to translate!

I had a cool experience with prayer. I was trying to figure out how to share a message with an investigator during personal study. I felt stumped so naturally I prayed. I was slouched on my seat, folded my arms and said a prayer in my heart. Then the Holy Ghost was like "nope, get on your knees!" I didn’t want to move because I was really tired. But after hesitating I got down on my knees and said a real prayer. I was able to clearly see what God wanted us to teach this investigator. Heavenly Father really blesses us as we follow the correct way to pray.